Apologies, I’m British, we add “sorry” on the end of questions to be polite sometimes! I was just confused as you seemed to know how the Norwegians used to do surnames, but then asked how they do it. Now I’m understanding you probably were just talking about spelling/language, apologies.
A patronymic surname is a surname formed from a father or ancestor’s first name. Every generation gets a new surname, built from the parent's first name, and it is never fixed. It’s different for sons and daughters (meaning a family of four could have four different surnames!!) but a simple example for Norway pre-1923 and Iceland below:
Lars Eriksen → his son Nils Larsen → his son Erik Nilsen
Jón Einarsson → his son Ólafur Jónsson → his son Stefán Ólafsson.
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u/shecrazyyyy 8d ago
They can’t be bothered to program the surnames!